On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Korb <bru...@gm...> wrote:
> Rowan Sylvester-Bradley wrote:
>> I'm trying to get AutoGen working under Windows Vista Business. I'm hampered
>> by the fact that I know almost nothing about Unix/Linux. I've downloaded and
>> installed Cygwin v1.7.1. It appears to run, although I don't know enough to
>> test it properly. Are there some test scripts or commands that I should try
>> to check that it's working properly?
>>
>> It also seems to have Guile installed - at least, I can type "guile" and get
>> a "guile>" prompt. I know nothing at all about Guile, so I don't know how to
>> test this either. Are there some scripts I should run or commands to try
>> that would check it out?
>>
>> To install AutoGen, what file(s) do I have to download, and what do I have
>> to do with them?
>
> Hi Rowan,
>
> You have to have libguile installed (you do) with the development headers
> as well (you may not). I am forwarding this to the Minimalist GNU for Windows
> list. They have something that works on Windows. Unfortunately, Windows
> does not properly support fork() and guile uses some dynamic linking
> options that make its library problematic on Windows. Both of these issues
> make Windows support challenging. I don't use Windows myself. So, hopefully,
> someone on the MinGW list can help point you in the right direction. Sorry
> I could not be more helpful.
>
> Regards, Bruce
I don't know if this works with the latest version of AutoGen/Cygwin,
but I documented the necessary steps here:
http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/browser/trunk/docs/Win32Readme.txt
I probably last tested this a year ago.
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http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows
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